Inc wants workplace columnists, Insider wants parenting pitches, Chicken Soup wants positive-thinking stories
26 opportunities to pitch this week, including calls from The Guardian, The Globe and Mail, Souvenir, and Travel Lemming — pay rates from $100 to $5,000
📌 Weekly Pitch Roundup
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L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future Contest is looking for new/amateur sci-fi, fantasy & light horror short stories — $500–$5,000 prizes (⏰ deadline THIS WEEK)
Short Story, Long is looking for literary short fiction, 2,000–8,000 words — $150 per piece (⏰ deadline THIS WEEK)
The Globe and Mail is looking for sharp business opinion commentary — $300–$400 CAD
The Guardian (Long Read) is looking for long-form reportage and essays — 38p/word
Carmannews is looking for practical, well-sourced pitches for its Business, Health, Tech, Home & Lifestyle desks — $200–$1,200+
Inc. Magazine is looking for a new columnist for its Workplace vertical, covering office culture, hiring, and burnout — RPM-based compensation
Insider (Travel & Lifestyle) is looking for travel essays on flight upgrades, big moves, and tourist-town insider tips — from $240/600 words
Insider (Personal Essays) is looking for personal essays on parenting and relationships — rate TBD with editor
Insider (Grocery Diaries) is looking for frequent Costco, Trader Joe’s & Aldi shoppers to document their grocery hauls — starts at $250
Souvenir (Abercrombie & Kent) is looking for travel features on safaris and bucket-list trips to Japan, Kenya, Peru, Patagonia & Italy — 50–60p/word
Travel Lemming is looking for local experts to write destination guides with original photos — $250–$500+/article
Style Nine to Five is looking for a contributor to cover the Canadian fashion industry — $100–$150 CAD/article
Chicken Soup for the Soul (Star Wars) is looking for personal stories about how Star Wars shaped your life
Chicken Soup for the Soul (Positive Thinking) is looking for inspirational stories of optimism and gratitude
Deleted Saves (Checkpoints) is looking for single critical essays on games and pop culture — $275/piece
National Geographic (Animal Stories) is looking for animal story pitches — up to $1/word
City Cast is looking for on-call freelance podcast producers with local news experience
U.S. News & World Report is looking for a senior-level freelance news editor
Only In Your State is looking for a remote content editor to refresh existing travel articles
EliteLyfe is looking for freelance writers for luxury travel content — budget discussed per project
Big Think Creative Studio is looking for producers, directors, writers & editors for branded content projects — project-based rate
Game Developer is looking for freelance writers to join its pitch/commission roster
Travel Brand Europe Shoot is looking for on-camera travelers for a brand photoshoot — paid in travel/accommodations, not cash
Lifestyle PR Agency Creative Roster is looking for photographers, designers & visual storytellers for brand projects — project-based rate
Renaissance Orlando Resort is looking for influencers for a theme-park partnership — paid in partnership perks
Rovaniemi Resort (Arctic Circle) is looking for content creators to collaborate with two Finnish resort properties — paid in collaboration perks
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